Table 1 of Bosley, Mol Vis 2007; 13:1516-1528.


Table 1. Clinical characteristics of optic neuritis patient

Age at onset represents age at diagnosis in years. The following abbreviations were used: male (M); female (F); visual acuity (VA) by Snellen plates; color vision (CV); right eye (OD); left eye (OS); counting fingers (CF); hand motions (HM); light perception (LP); no light perception (NLP); multiple sclerosis (MS); intravenous (IV); by mouth (PO); interferon (IFN); not available (NA); Final diagnosis combines neuro-ophthalmologic evaluation, Poser criteria [2], and McDonald criteria [3] when possible, MRI interpretation (see Methods) according to Fazekas criteria [1].

           Age
           at                  Papil     Initial   Initial                          Final    Final    Final   Final
Patient   onset   Sex   Pain   lopathy    VA OD     VA OS          Treatment        VA OD    VA OS    CV OD   CV OS       MRI          Final diagnosis
-------   -----   ---   ----   -------   -------   -------   --------------------   ------   ------   -----   -----   ----------   ---------------------------
1         38      F     Yes    No        20/20     20/400    IFN                    20/20    20/40    9       3       Consistent   MS
2         29      F     Yes    Yes       HM        20/20     IV steroids            20/20    20/20    9       9       Possible     Papillitis OD
3         18      F     Yes    Yes       20/20     CF 1'     IV steroids            20/20    20/20    9       9       Consistent   MS
4         18      F     No     Yes       20/30     20/30     None                   20/20    20/25    9       9       Normal       Papillitis OS
5         30      M     Yes    Yes       20/30     20/40     IV steroids            20/25    20/30    9       9       Normal       Sequential papillitis
6         34      F     No     No        NLP       20/20     IV steroids            20/20    20/20    9       9       Consistent   Optic neuritis OS
7         20      F     Yes    No        20/25     CF 1'     IV steroids            20/25    20/40    9       9       Consistent   Optic neuritis OS
8         14      M     No     Yes       20/25     20/50     None                   20/25    20/30    9       9       Normal       Papillitis OS
9         24      F     Yes    Yes       CF 1'     CF 1'     IV steroids            20/20    20/20    9       9       NA           Papillitis OU
10        32      F     Yes    Yes       CF 3'     20/40     None                   20/30    20/30    9       9       Probable     Papillitis OU
11        16      F     Yes    Yes       LP        20/20     IV steroids            20/25    20/20    9       9       Possible     Papillitis OD
12        14      M     Yes    Yes       HM        HM        IV steroids            20/40    20/40    8       9       Normal       Papillitis OU
13        17      F     Yes    Yes       20/100    20/200    IV steroids then IFN   20/30    20/20    9       9       Consistent   MS
14        20      F     Yes    No        CF        20/20     PO steroids            20/20    20/20    9       9       Consistent   MS
15        21      M     No     No        CF 3'     CF 3'     None                   20/200   20/400   9       4       Consistent   MS
16        21      M     No     No        CF 1'     20/400    IV steroids then IFN   20/80    20/100   1       1       Consistent   MS
17        17      M     Yes    No        CF 5'     20/20     PO steroids            20/20    20/20    1       2       Consistent   Recurrent optic neuritis OD
18        34      F     Yes    No        20/200    20/200    IV steroids            20/60    20/40    3       7       Possible     Optic neuritis OU
19        13      M     Yes    Yes       HM        HM        None                   20/30    20/25    5       5       Possible     Papillitis OU
20        45      M     No     No        CF 3'     CF 3'     None                   20/30    20/30    9       6       Consistent   Sequential optic neuritis
21        17      F     Yes    No        HM        CF 1'     None                   20/50    20/30    1       3       Possible     Recurrent optic neuritis OU
22        21      F     No     No        20/20     CF 5'     IV steroids            20/30    20/30    9       9       NA           Sequential optic neuritis
23        30      M     Yes    No        20/20     20/200    None                   20/20    20/20    9       7       Consistent   Optic neuritis OS
24        22      F     No     No        CF        CF        IV steroids            20/25    20/20    9       9       Normal       Optic neuritis OU
25        22      M     Yes    Yes       CF 5'     20/20     IFN                    20/100   20/20    0       9       Possible     Optic neuritis OD
26        21      M     Yes    Yes       LP        20/20     None                   20/80    20/20    9       9       Normal       Papillitis OD

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